Thomas Knapp has been around the liberty movement forever … well, about as long as I have, come to think of it. Now he’s compiled nearly 20 years worth of selected columns into his first actual book. (Kudos and congrats on the achievement, Tom.)
You can get it here in dead-tree, e-book, and free PDF versions. Prices are very reasonable (free is as reasonable as it gets, but the other versions are priced just right for what they are, too.)
If you enjoy classic Knappster (and who doesn’t?), you’ll like this. The book is divided into topic sections: Israel, Ron Paul, the LP, and a pair of Miscellany chapters (past and more recent). The essay titles alone are fun to read: “Did You Ever See a Meme Walking?” “Axiom Attic” “Paulitics 101” and “Homeland Security and Three-Card Monte” just for samples.
He also includes a handful of eloquent obituaries for freedomistas who’ve died in the past decade or so. I suddenly feel old. But that’s a different story.
Thanks for the plug, Claire! Two things:
1) I think you have a couple of years on me in terms of “freedom movement seniority.” I distinctly recall 101 Things to Do ‘Til the Revolution as one of my early “major influences.”
2) On the other hand, you, old? Nonsense!
I can’t remember just when I started reading Claire Wolfe, or Thomas Knapp either. I think that simply proves that I AM “old.” LOL
Anyway, love you both.
The one time I met Claire was momentarily at one of those Free West Alliance get-togethers (or whatever those things were called), I think in Missoula but it might have been Three Forks. I was a bit shy to meet one of the rock stars of the liberty movement. 🙂
Here’s a little something for you Aynnie fans.
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/12/03/ayn-rands-early-novel-ideal-to-be-published-after-80-years/
If the author herself was dissatisfied with it, then how good can it be?
“Ideal” is one of three in a pb titled Three Plays, published by Signet. I’ve not read it in its prose form; it will be interesting to see how it was presented as a novel.